Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society

Dear All,

To recap - BOHIS need 3 permissions, 1 from the Diocese of Southwell for non invasive activities at St. Mary's and a 2nd (separate one) for invasive activities. The 2nd will only be granted upon evidence of satisfactory work from the non invasive stage.

We also need a single permission (for both non invasive and invasive) from the Welbeck Estates Company Ltd.

Unfortunately, due to administrative issues, the Diocese of Southwell ...

Hello,

After much frowning, pursing of lips and general fidgeting we have now completed our Heritage Lottery Fund ("H.L.F.") on line application for just under £10,000 (last Friday (22nd August)).

The submissions end today (27th August) and we then have to wait up to 2 months to discover if we are successful.

This is for Phase 1 of the project, which is the non invasive work at St. Mary's and some surrounding land. This will involve Ground Penetrating Radar (G.P.R....

We’d just like to say a large thank you to the C.B.A. for donating a £1,000 to the Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society. We have been in dialogue with them for some time now and they have encouraged our project since we first got in touch.

Hence it’s only fair that they get timely recognition for their good deed on our site.

Hello and sorry for the lack of site news recently.

Since our last meeting of the 29th May, progress by the Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society ("BOHIS") and Mercian has been achieved in the following areas :

1/ Having already submitted our claim for £1,000, we've provided the Council for British Archaeology (C.B.A.) with a supportive official letter and we believe that we will have the money next week (w/c 21st July) - so that is great news.

2/ The Diocese ha...

It’s always good to consider alternatives to our belief that the skeletons discovered at St. Mary’s Church in 1951 are the vanquished from the Battle of Hatfield in 632 AD.

This article, courtesy of the Mansfield CHAD and dated 7/1/1953, offers the possibility that the skeletons may represent Norton and Cuckney plague victims from 2 outbreaks in 1601 and 1605.

There is a reference in the article that in 1603 the number of male and...

The Nottinghamshire Historian Magazine (NLHA) Spring/Summer 2014 edition – “The Search for the site of the Battle of Haethfelth ..” by Sarah Seaton

Hello Everyone,

Another three articles have been posted in the, "Photos" section under "Media Coverage", called :-

"Twelfth Century War Victims" from the Mansfield Advertiser (closed 1952), dated 15/12/1950 and establishing the very 1st find of skeletons (between 40 and 50) to the previous week.

"Cuckney Church and Castle" (1951) by Professor Maurice Barley, who visited St. Mary's Cuckney during the subsidence operations that revealed the mass graves. (Courtesy : Simon Barle...

Hello All,

The next (and 3rd) meeting of the Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society ("BOHIS" for short) will take place at Cuckney Village Hall on Thursday 29th May at 7:30pm. The agenda will be confirmed shortly.

Joseph & I will also be distributing leaflets, locally, well beforehand.

Thanks for your continued support.

Dear All,

"Where we're at ..."

Whilst there's lots of societal activity and continued external interest in the project, true deliverables are presently a little thin on the ground. We'd love to hold a 3rd meeting soon but would really like to be able to announce some concrete success especially in the permissions and funding arenas. However, we need to balance this against going too long between meetings. We have the offer of the use of Cuckney Village Hall agai...